Like the rest of progressive mankind, the brain-grinding mega-resource
konst.org.ua finally got its own network, which in the nearest future
is to cover the whole planet. The network is called the konst,
and from registration of thekonst.net domain name it started counting
its days. Why the konst? Very simple. Constatation of the fact which
became objective reality and life truth a long ago. Just take a look what
links google gives you on the "konst"
request. Now,
one more observation recently made by a friend of mine from Iasi. If you
look for city of iasi
at google, you find.. right, another proof of the fact that the new net
works. The official site (not really a fancy one) of the city is on the
second position in the results list.
Deutschland ueber alles
As the chaos communication camp
approaches, the guys behind centericq.de
ask me to try to come there with a speech on instant messaging. CCC is a
European hackers party which takes place every 4 years near Berlin. Thanks
to my great passport (as well as to the EU external affairs), in order to
enter Germany I need a visa. So a month ago I wrote an e-mail to the consulate
of Germany in Romania, which is situated in the city of Timisoara. An answer
in German (sic! I asked my question in Romanian) arrived in a few days saying
that my message was forwarded to Sibiu, because the consulate there dealt
with visas. Since then there was nothing from Sibiu. Meanwhile, the guys
kept on asking me to do something. Finally, I phoned to the consulate. Nice female
voice on the other side dictated a list of documents I'd need and also told
within which terms a visa was usually issued. The funniest thing about it was
that the next day I received an answer on my one-month-old e-mail. Here it goes,
the legendary German exactness! There was some text and a the same list of
documents. In German. Now attention, there is the main question follows. What
kind of a dumbass one should be to answer in German a question about visa while
originally it was asked in Romanian? Moreover, the question was asked in the
language of the country where the consulate resided. Maybe I missed something
and there was a law saying that everyone who wanted to visit Germany must know
German? So I ask myself, what is this: a usual stupidity preventing diplomates
of learning the language of the country they work in, or there is a feeling of
superiority to the citizes of "poor" countries? Myself, I don't give a shit
about Germany, I neither ask for money nor for a political shield. I'm going
to visit the camp for my own money. Though I've been trying not to mix up
politics and culture all the time, such things when they gather make me feel
really bad about the German language too, which is still on the list
of foreign languages I would like to learn.
Recommended Comic Strips
Of course, you know that Wolfram Schlich is
the guy who usually provides me with links
to various crazy things. This time he shared with your sincerelly an URL
of totally sick comics about a small elf. Elftor is
a lack of any political corectness, jokes about religion, politics, 11/9,
America, Europe, Osama bin Laden, George W. Bush, etc. A great thing. After
looking at them now myself I feel like buying a graphics tablet for my
PC :)
Timisoara
And finally I'll tell you about plans for the coming weekend. Starting with
Saturday, thekonst.net is to cover the city of Timisoara with its net.
The place is 400 kms away from Baia Mare, situated near the border with Hungary
and Serbia. The revolution of 1989 started there, and also they use to call
it "the most Western city of Romania". Now it's time to see it with my own
eyes, to make some digital shots as well as to get some impessions. See you
on Monday. Hooray!
P.S.: Not visiting new places during a long period of time can make
you look just like the guy from the photo sent from Luxembourg to me by a
university mate of mine.
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